Ben has played in nine U.S. Chess Championships: 1994 (Key West, FL), 1999 (Salt Lake City, UT), 2002 (Seattle, WA), 2005 (La Jolla, CA), 2006 (San Diego, CA), 2008 (Tulsa, OK), 2010 (Saint Louis, MO), 2011 (Saint Louis, MO), 2013 (Saint Louis, MO).
By 1964, Zuckerman was strong enough to play in the U.S. Chess Championship.
A year later, he then became the youngest player in the 2006 U.S. Chess Championship as a 16-year-old.
In 1896, he had challenged Jackson Whipps Showalter, the U.S. Champion, to a match, which Kemeny lost, with the final score of +4 –7 =4.
In the following game, Winston decisively defeats six-time U.S. Champion Walter Browne.
His best tournament result came in the 1960–61 U.S. Championship, where he finished third, after Fischer and Lombardy.
He tied for first place in the 1989-90 U.S. Chess Championship.
He tied for first in the 2001 World Open, was runner up in the 2006 U.S. Chess Championship, and winner of the 2006 U.S. Open Chess Championship.
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He was three-time Ukrainian Champion, and after defecting to the United States in 1979, became three-time U.S. Champion.